Launch of The World's Water 2008-2009 (VIDEO)
Bringing clean water and improved sanitation to the billions who lack them is "not a question of money, it's not a question of technology, it's a question of governance, of commitment, will*all of those things. And that, in many ways, is the worst part of the world's water crisis," said Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute, at the February 4, 2009, launch of "The World's Water 2008-2009: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources" at the Woodrow Wilson Center: http://tinyurl.com/cgwnb6
"The concept of 'peak water' is very analogous to peak oil...we're using fossil groundwater. That is, we're pumping groundwater faster than nature naturally recharges it," says Peter Gleick in this short expert analysis from the Environmental Change and Security Program:
http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2009/02/video-peter-gleick-on-peak-water.html
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Contact information |
Meaghan Parker, Writer/Editor, Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
(email: meaghan.parker@wilsoncenter.org ) Phone: +1 202-691-4182 |
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News type | Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/water |
Source of information | Peter Gleick |
Subject(s) | HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT |
Relation | http://tinyurl.com/cgwnb6 |
Geographical coverage | International |
News date | 16/02/2009 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |